R/new_zealand_popn_census.R

In johnrbryant/bdefdata: Data from the book Bayesian Demographic Estimation and Forecasting

#' Estimates of New Zealand population by region,
#' in census years 1996, 2001, 2006, and 2013
#'
#' The population estimates refer to 30 June of each year.
#' The estimates constructed by starting from census counts,
#' adjusting for under-coverage and
#' over-coverage, and then adjusting for births, deaths, and migration
#' between census day and 30 June.  New Zealand held a census in 2013
#' rather than 2011 because of an earthquake in 2011.
#' 
#' @format An array with dimensions "region", and "time"
#'
#' @source Custom tabulation from Statistics New Zealand.
#'
"new_zealand_popn_census"